West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14

more his business picked up so that he
paid large sum on account all around
among hls creditors. They all said
Elisha Is doing il for him. ~ He painted
and IefWbiShed the old Snow house. He
ran slightly into debt in doing it, but his
girls had some new clothes sent them
from New York lie donned a new suit
OF broad cloth, and-he was happy lie
was on his feet. Slaytou was utterly
nonpluSsed. In vain the willy pra titioncr
went about spreading doubts as 10 Elisha's
having any money whatever "Why don't
he buy that organ ~ he kept saying. until
people began 10 wonder why indeed
AS soon as the rumor spread about that
Elisha was ChildleSS, and that lac intended
leaving his money I'm equal shares 10 his
six nieces, they went off literally like hot
cakes. Mawlcy iptnior, who really loved
the girl, married Bessie and then they
were all married of In patches of two,
until the youngest refused TO marry at all,
saying, with her finger at her lip, "she
preferred TO stay with her father
In one year all this happened Amasa
Snow was now successful man-his
debts paid and practice increasing. One
day the rumor reached him why had not
Elisha paid for that organ
He went TO Elisha 1t is time he
said, for you 10 disappear
I'm very Contcutcd here, - protested
Elisha, reading the newspapers and sit
ting in the hotel 1t agrees with me. l
don't want 20 disappear
lie liked the adul0tion extended TO
him ON the ground that he was a million
airc. He played the easy, well fed, rich
| plutocrat revisiting his New England
home 10 perfection. His acting was con
summatc, because il was nature itself.
without mirror being held up TO il. lie
/ had Just that amount OF narrOwness, of
/ close tiStedncSS, of sagaciouS doubt as TO
the motives of men who approached him
with schemes for investment: he acted
/ the millionaire TO perfection and he
never overdid it,
'Amasa, l can't go, he said "They
think I'm such a good man TO make
money. They have actually brought
money TO me 10 make more for them
! Yes. I've received over fifty thousand
dollars for investment within the last
month"
"Grcat Scott" exclaimed Amasa
''Ihi, j. dreadful. | see State prison
| yawning before us'
"lts just what the Grand American
/ Spread eagle Mine needs said Elisha
,welling himself out TIA little money. 81
'Ncll, take the money and 90. then
go' ] will have nothing 20 do with thi.
nothngn
Amasa was very angry lie resolved
| to be responsible for his brother no long
/ cr. lie went to his daughters, all but
one now well married and in happy. well
' to-dO homes. "Your uncle and | hav,
had a row." lac said lie is going back
to California
And the organ, the new library, the
gymnasiuml
"Well, he is mad about something.
He says the town has slightcd him But
one thing must be understood, whatever
lac does-I wash my hands Of him for.
cvcr,'
Elisha did leave few days after. IL
took away about hundred thousand
dollars Of widows and orphans funds
went 10 San Francisco, put his money into
various enterprises, paid the bcncficiaric,
eight per cent interest. was honest a,
the day, and died a few years ago wortl
Il great deal of money, which he left
share and share alike, to his brothers sis
/ girls, and he left thousand dollars fol
. the new organ.
Ama-a still livcs-a fairly well to-dC
old country lawyer slightly in debt still
in East ChcstcrviIlc. But he is tn,
adorcd grandpapa of twelve Of the dear
est little grandchildren, and he otter
says TO them, bcnignly Children, hav,
. put all-and MYSELF our feet. Yes
but had TO tell your mother an awfu
licl'
What was the lie, grandpopper"
81 had to say the LATEST man alive
your grandunclc, childrcn-I had to sa,
the pcnnilcss old rascal your grand
fathers brother, my dcars, who haC
robbed me Of all had in one Of his mines
the Great American Spread eagle Colo
and Silver had 10 say, and stan TO il
that he was one Of the biggest millionaire
on the Pacific coast, But that lie ha
put us all on our feet "- Rjch0rd H Roe
~ Htyplr's Weciiy.